(PC)Candler
(PC)Candler v. Ball
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 STEVEN RANAE GLEEN CANDLER, No. 1:23-cv-00459-JLT-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S FOURTH
AND FIFTH MOTIONS FOR
v. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND
MOTION TO COMPEL
JOHN & JANE DOES, et al., (ECF Nos. 34, 35) Defendants. 13 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s fourth and fifth motions for appointment of counsel and motion to compel, filed September 20, 2023 and September 22, 2023. I. DISCUSSION A. Motion for Appointment of Counsel As Plaintiff is aware, he does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court cannot require any attorney to represent plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Mallard v. United States District Court…